Pressed Pennies & Elongated Coin
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1955 Sleeping Beauty Castle Pressed Penny
1956 Sawyer's Island Pressed Coin Penny
1957 House of the Future Opens Pressed Penny
1958 Alice in Wonderland Opens Pressed Penny
1959 Disneyland's Monorail Opens Pressed Penny
1960 Parade of Toys Pressed Penny
1961 Flying Saucer Bumper Cars
1962 Swiss Family Treehouse Opens Pressed Penny
1963 Enchanted Tiki Room Opens Elongated coin
1964 First Disneyland Ambassador Elongated coin
1965 Tencennial Celebration Elongated Coin
1966 New Orleans Square Opens Elongated coin
1967 Carousel of Progress Opens Elongated coin
1968 Winnie The Pooh for President Elongated coin
1969 Haunted Mansion Opens Elongated coin
1970 Disneyland's 15th Anniversary Elongated coin
1971 Davy Crockett Canoes Named Elongated coin
1972 Main Street Electrical Parade Elongated coin
1973 The Walt Disney Story Opens Elongated coin
1974 America Sings Opens Elongated coin
1975 Mission to Mars Open Pressed Penny
1976 Donald Duck Celebrates Bicentennial
1977 Space Mountain Open Pressed Penny
1978 Abominable Snowman Appear Pressed Penny
1979 Big Thunder Railroad Opens Pressed Penny
1980 Disneyland's 25 Anniversary Pressed Penny
1981 200,000,000th Guest Arrives Pressed Penny
1982 A-E Tickets Retired Pressed Penny
1983 New Fantasyland Opens Pressed Penny
1984 Country Bear Christmas Debuts Pressed Penny
1985 Videopolis Opens Pressed Penny
1986 Totally Minnie Parade Debut Pressed Penny
1987 Star Tours Opens Pressed Penny
1988 Disneyland Hotel Purchased Pressed Penny
1989 Splash Mountain Opens Pressed Penny
1990 Party Gras Parade Debuts Pressed Penny
1991 Disney Afternoon Debuts Pressed Penny
1992 Fantasmic! Debuts Pressed Penny
1993 Mickey's Toontown Opens Pressed Penny
1994 The Lion King Parade Debuts Pressed Penny
1995 Indiana Jones Adventure Opens Pressed Penny
1996 Hunchback of Notre Dame Festival Pressed Penny
1997 it's a small world Holiday Opens Pressed Penny
1998 The New Tomorrowland Opens Pressed Penny
1999 Tarzan's Treehouse Opens Pressed Penny
2000 45th Anniversary of Disneyland Pressed Penny
2001 Disney's California Adventure, Grand Hotel and Downtown Disney Open Pressed Penny
2002 a bug's life Opens at Disney's California Adventure Smashed Penny
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean Premiers at Disneyland Squished Penny
2004 The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Opens Smashed Penny
2005 50th Anniversary of Disneyland Squished Penny
The Cast Blast CM Pressed Penny

Thinking about starting a collection of pressed pennies? Many collectors chose to collect pressed pennies based on a favorite theme. As longtime collectors might say, elongated coin collecting themes are as varied as the people that collect these fun, smashed, squished, pressed, souvenir penny treasures! We collect mostly Disneyland pressed pennies or as they are called by Numismatists, elongated coins, because the Disneyland Resort is close and it's easier to keep our collection up to date. However, some popular pressed penny collecting choices are from penny press machines located at zoos, museums, space centers, national or state parks, zoos, aquariums, theme restaurants, and theme parks... Many of these locations are virtual hot beds of penny crushing machines! Plus they are easy to find and fun to visit! Other pressed penny collectors look for pressed coins from penny machines located at tourist points of interest, ships, fairs... Again, most always the places that have penny press machines are places with other fun things to do with friends and family. So, no matter where you live in the United States, chances are you can build a pressed penny collection low in cost and high in fun.

Searching for hidden penny press locations is part of the fun for many collectors. Souvenir coin press machines are often found in some very unusual places. We've heard of elongated coin machines at rest stops, car dealerships and even a dental office or two! However, if you would rather not search for penny presses, there are many on-line listings of known penny press machine locations too. Penny press machine locations can be great inspiration for a family day trip or penny pressing adventure.

I've been told to keep the pressed penny collections to a minimum here. I know, that's hard to believe after reading all this! But, I did limit the penny collections on this web site to just one. I chose one of our favorite pressed penny sets to share. It's the 51 coin collection shown above which was issued by Disneyland Park and first available on May 4, 2005 from 17 three-play electric penny presses located throughout the Disneyland Resort. The entire collection was retired on the night of October 1, 2006. But, while available, each coin cost just 50 cents plus the coin to be pressed. So, the entire set cost only about $25.51. Admission to both Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure was probably needed to press most of the coins. (A shopping pass may have been available.) Other Magical Milestones penny press machines were located in the no-admission-fee resort hotel and downtown Disney areas outside the park gates. If you'd like, please visit our ParkPennies.com for more fun collections of Disneyland pressed pennies and elongated coins.

Originally, we added guide descriptions of just a few pressed pennies from only one Disney park to this web site. But, based on your feedback, (and my obsession) we've added this special collection featuring Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Magical Milestones Pressed Pennies. Many of you know I enjoy sharing coins that have been collected by us and friends over the years. So, let us know of other collection examples you'd like to see here and I'll have an excuse to add more!

Happy Collecting,
Boomer